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United States Patent | 5,180,088 |
de Angeli | January 19, 1993 |
An adapter for receiving a rectangular beverage container such as a "juice box" or the like and supporting the same stably within a cylindrical recess or circular aperture of a beverage holder comprises a cylindrical lower section for resting within the beverage holder, a transition section, and a rectangular upper section including a rectangular recess for receiving the rectangular beverage container. The adapter may be inexpensively molded as a tubular member of plastic material. The adapter may be supplied in connection with a cap adapted to be releasably affixed to the adapter, to provide a squeeze-preventing shell for a juice box or the like.
Inventors: | de Angeli; Vicki (10802 Coopersmith Ct., N. Potomac, MD 20878) |
Appl. No.: | 805614 |
Filed: | December 12, 1991 |
Current U.S. Class: | 224/544; 220/703; 220/711; 220/737; 220/740; 220/DIG.13; 224/547; 224/566; 224/926; 248/311.2; D7/619.1; D12/419 |
Intern'l Class: | B60R 007/00; B65D 025/00 |
Field of Search: | 224/42.42,42.45 R,42.43,42.44 229/1.5 H 220/703,711,713,737,738,DIG. 13,411,740 248/311.2,314 |
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